Employee of Russian Foreign Ministry found dead in his apartment in Moscow

After a 3-day absence from work, Sergei Barashkov, who served as deputy head of the Department of Protocol of the Russian Foreign Ministry, was found dead in his apartment in Moscow.

It was reported by the portal Criminal Russia with reference to the telegram channel Mash.

“Deputy head of the Department of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Barashkov, was found dead in his own apartment,” the report said.

The head of the Department of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs personally filed an application to the police about a missing person. When the police arrived at Barashkov’s apartment, they found him dead in the bathroom.

The circumstances and the cause of the diplomat’s death remain unknown.